Memorabilia Scrapbook Compiled by Hazel June Ebel, 1938-1939

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Artifact Overview

In 1938, Robert Ebel moved to Dearborn, Michigan, to teach math and science at the Edison Institute High School. His wife Hazel filled this scrapbook with "memories" of the couple's first year in Michigan and their time spent chaperoning 5th and 6th grade students from the Edison Institute schools who demonstrated in the model machine shop at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Scrapbook

Subject Date

1938-1939

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2015.50.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mary E. Albers on Behalf of the Family of Robert and Hazel Ebel.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Color

Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 11.5 in
Width: 15.5 in
Length: 3 in (thickness)

Inscriptions

Embossed on front cover with decoration: PHOTOGRAPHS Handwritten in white pencil on first inside page: Memories of Our Michigan / Residence - February 10, 1938 / March 31, 1939
Memorabilia Scrapbook Compiled by Hazel June Ebel, 1938-1939